{"id":31661,"date":"2017-09-19T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T20:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31661"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:09:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T20:09:31","slug":"a-message-from-john-stuart-manager-team-canada-from-the-2017-pan-ams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31661","title":{"rendered":"A Message from John Stuart, Manager, Team Canada (from the 2017 Pan Ams)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Softball-canada-round-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-31637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Softball-canada-round-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Softball-canada-round-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Softball-canada-round-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Softball-canada-round-logo-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Softball-canada-round-logo.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We pass along the following note from John Stuart, the Manager of Team Canada:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statement from @SoftballCanada head coach John Stuart on\u00a0<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/panamsoftbolrd2017?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=1636990599654002\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">PanAmSoftbolRD2017<\/span><\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE from Dominican Republic<\/p>\n<p>We, Team Canada have been told hurricane Maria will not have too bad of an impact on DR; that of course has yet to be determined !,<\/p>\n<p>all games Thursday are canceled for sure .<\/p>\n<p>We have no idea what the aftermath might be after Maria passes by and if tournament can continue.<\/p>\n<p>However the tournament organizing committee has issued a statement that any Team that chooses to lea<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ve will forfeit any remaining games as well as NOT be eligible for 2019 Pan Am Games ! As of right now we are staying but that could change . <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Softball Canada has been very supportive and in continuous contact with us regarding situation and has our safety as a priority first and foremost. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">I will keep you all updated to say it is frustrating is an understatement ! We play Panama and Guatemala tonight all we can do is continue to prepare to play the games right now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">My phone is blowing up and I truly appreciate all the messages , sorry if I have not replied to all easiest way to get a hold of me is here or download whatsapp to communicate.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We pass along the following note from John Stuart, the Manager of Team Canada: Statement from @SoftballCanada head coach John Stuart on\u00a0#PanAmSoftbolRD2017: UPDATE from Dominican Republic We, Team Canada have been told hurricane Maria will not have too bad of an impact on DR; that of course has yet to be determined !, all games [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,28,23,82],"tags":[810,813],"class_list":{"0":"post-31661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-featured","9":"category-tournaments","10":"category-wbsc","11":"tag-panams2017","12":"tag-softball-canada","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31662,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31661\/revisions\/31662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}